Fronto Leveius
He offered an altar within the Astures community.
Ara dedicada a Mitra de San Juan de la Isla (Asturias)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Biography of Fronto Leveius
- Fronto Leveius was a brother of the Mitreo de San Juan de la Isla.
- Active c. 200 in Colunga, Tarraconensis (Hispania).
It is impossible to determine Fronto's socio-economic status, but he seems to have enjoyed a free status, of local origin.
Fronto offers his altar in the presence of the pater patrum of the community and all the initiates of the fourth degree, the lions. In other words, the local Mithraists are perfectly organised and Fronto seeks a place of integration or empowerment in this community.
Fronto, a native of wherever he was from, could be a well-travelled and educated merchant who, at one point in his life, decides to make an offering in a mithraeum that has existed for a long time.
—Mitra en Hispania, 2021.
Mentions
Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
The monument of San Juan de la Isla (Asturias) devoted to Mithras was preserved in the portico of the main church until 1843.